Deutsches Kino 20er - Auswahl

At the turn of the 20th century, a young orphan named Andreas Egger is sent to a valley where he will spend most of his life. Over eight decades, his life will be marked by poverty, war and violence, but also moments of bliss and love.

A group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire.

When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.

The relationship between writers Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch.

Four boys are busy surviving Berlin's inner city district in a spiral of violence, extortion, gang laws, xenophobia and indifference. When they steal computers from their school they are fighting an uphill battle they can't retreat from.

Joachim Meyerhoff's autobiographical recollections include his childhood and teenager years living on the premises of a psychiatric clinic, his father being the director of the child and adolescent ward.

Luise grew up with her grandmother Selma in a remote village in the Westerwald. Selma has a special gift, because she can foresee death. Whenever an okapi appears to her in a dream, someone in the village dies the next day.

The cover model of an East German fashion magazine is tempted by a photographer she falls in love with, to flee to to the West.

Capturing the life of German hip-hop rapper, entrepreneur, and ex-convict Giwar Hajabi.

A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.

After falling in love with the Nathalie and sleeping with his first target, Corinna, Ludger ends up living two lives - one as an underground poet and one as a Stasi agent - both of which eventually come back to haunt him 30 years later.

Two children and a dog on the run from the Nazis.

Desperate to help her son, Rabiye Kurnaz, a housewife and loving mother from Bremen, goes to the police, notifies authorities and almost despairs at their impotence and in the end, against all the odds, something truly remarkable happens.

Lifeguard Karl's job is at stake when the public pool is closed. He starts a campaign to save the pool with Nigerian lifeguard trainee Sali who loves professional swimmer Lisa - another good reason to fight for the pool.

To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis finds refuge in the world of chess.

Literary adaptation: a handsome youth of humble origins rises in society through his connections made as an elevator attendant in a luxury hotel.

Life of Werner Teske, the last man to be executed in former East Germany in 1981 before the death penalty was finally abolished in 1987.

Rebel. Poet. Revolutionary: LIEBER THOMAS is a declaration of love to writer Thomas Brasch, congenially brought to life by exceptional actor Albrecht Schuch.

Maxi, the survivor of a terrorist attack, joins the beguiling student Karl and becomes part of a European youth movement; one that aims for nothing less than seizing power.

Explores the subjects of gentrification and social inequality in Berlin.

In order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.

1930s Berlin. Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.

A university professor's ignorance is exposed when he must prepare a student for a debate.

How far one is willing to go for the sake of one's political commitment.